effects of drugs and alcohol on the body
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Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on the Human Body Drugs such as cocaine, crack, amphetamines and heroin can cause a distinct spike in regular bodily function. The heart and breathing rate, blood pressure and body temperature notably increase while taking this drug, which requires the injection, snorting or inhalation of the narcotic.
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Effects of Alcohol on the Mouth, Throat, and Esophagus The Effects of Alcohol on the Heart. On a short-term basis, as alcohol passes through the heart, it can cause inflammation of the muscle’s walls. However, it’s long-term drinking and even shorter-term binge drinking that have the worst effects on the heart’s functions.
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- How Alcohol Affects the Body. Even a small amount of alcohol has an affect on your body. When you drink, alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream and distributed throughout your body. A tiny amount of alcohol exits your body in your urine and your breath. You absorb alcohol more slowly if you eat, especially if the food is high in fat. However, if you drink more than your body can process, you’ll get drunk. How quickly alcohol is metabolized depends on your size and gender, among other things.
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Short and Long Term Effects Short and Long Term Effects. Alcohol affects you in the short term, in the long term, and while driving. Alcohol and Driving. Alcohol is a depressant that affects your vision, coordination, reaction time, multitasking ability, judgment, and decision-making.
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Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Centre A drug is any substance (with the exception of food and water) which, when taken into the body, alters the body’s function either physically and/or psychologically. Drugs may be legal (e.g. alcohol, caffeine and tobacco) or illegal (e.g. cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin). Psychoactive drugs affect the central nervous system and alter a person's mood, thinking and behaviour. Psychoactive drugs may be divided into four categories: depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens and 'other'.
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Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace. Alcohol and drug use among employees and their family members can be an expensive problem for business and industry, with issues ranging from lost productivity, absenteeism, injuries, fatalities, theft and low employee morale, to an increase in health care, legal liabilities and workers' compensation costs.
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Alcoholism 1 Alcohol's Effects on the Body (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism). 2  Alcohol-Related Liver Disease (American Liver Foundation). 3  Biology of Addiction: Drugs and Alcohol Can Hijack Your Brain (National Institutes of Health).
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Alcohol's Effects on the Body Drinking too much – on a single occasion or over time – can take a serious toll on your health. Here’s how alcohol can affect your body: Brain: Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works.
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Alcohol and health Health effects associated with alcohol intake in large amounts include an increased risk of alcoholism, malnutrition, chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic liver disease, and cancer. In addition, damage to the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system can occur from chronic alcohol abuse.
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- What Class of Drug Is Alcohol? Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused psychoactive drug worldwide. When alcohol is consumed, it interferes with many of the systems in the body and may cause many problems, including heart disease. Alcohol can produce cravings and leads to a physiological addiction. Alcohol affects each person differently depending on factors including the individual's age, gender and weight.
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Illegal Drugs and Heart Disease In addition to addiction, the side effects and risks associated with use of these drugs include: 1  changes in body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. 2  headaches, abdominal pain, and nausea. 3  impaired judgment and greater risk of some sexually transmitted infections.
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- Different drugs have different effects on your body. Drinking too much alcohol can lead to alcohol poisoning and liver failure, which can kill.Smoking can cause lung and mouth cancer, and serious heart and stomach problems.Illegal drugs can cause things like hallucinations (seeing strange things), sickness, depression, liver and kidney problems and fits.Some illegal drugs can kill the first time the person takes them. Taking too much of any drug is called an overdose. A serious overdose of almost any drug can kill you.moking can cause lung and mouth cancer, and serious heart and stomach problems. Illegal drugs can cause things like hallucinations (seeing strange things), sickness, depression, liver and kidney problems and fits.
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Health and Behavioral Risks of Alcohol and Drug Use Combining marijuana and other drugs, including alcohol and prescription drugs, can cause unwanted reactions and/or increase the impact of both substances. Marijuana has addictive properties and about 10-14% of users will become dependent.
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Alcohol Effects 3. Effects of intoxication. As alcohol builds up in the body, the activity of the brain, heart and lungs may slow down. Alcohol can be absorbed, enter the bloodstream and travel to the brain in as little as three minutes. Early effects of alcohol consumption include impaired judgment, loss of self-control and lessening of inhibitions.
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- Alcohol can have additional long-term health effects on numerous parts of your body. It can affect your mood and cause anxiety. The long-term use of alcohol can negatively affect your immune system and your central nervous system. Furthermore, it can cause you to gain weight and lead to high blood pressure, sexual problems, cancer, stroke, and heart attack.
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- Other short term effects of alcohol include harm to the body’s tissues: 1  Stomach: Alcohol irritates the stomach and intestine lining and increases stomach acid secretion. This causes vomiting. 2  Skin: Alcohol increases blood flow to the skin, causing users to sweat and appear flushed.
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The Worldâs Rarest Personality: INFJ Type Decoded Drugs can negatively impact your relationships, your mental and physical health, and your life in general. Drug use is a choice but it is important to understand the effects of drug use-both immediate and long-term-to your brain, body and life.our relationships and your future. Drug use can have an immediate impact on your body and mind but it can also affect your future and your relationship with others. Legal issues. Making, selling or having illegal drugs in your possession is against the law.
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Alcohol's Effects on the Body Alcohol's Effects on the Body. Drinking too much – on a single occasion or over time – can take a serious toll on your health. Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works. These disruptions can change mood and behavior, and make it harder to think clearly and move with coordination.
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Alcohol Use Disorder Brain Chemical Imbalances after Long-Term Alcohol Use. Alcohol has widespread effects on the brain and can affect neurons (nerve cells), brain chemistry, and blood flow within the frontal lobes of the brain. Neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain) are affected by long-term use of alcohol. When a person who is dependent on alcohol stops drinking, chemical responses create an overexcited nervous system and agitation by changing the level of chemicals that inhibit impulsivity or stress and excitation.
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On This Page: On This Page: Most drugs of abuse can alter a person’s thinking and judgment, leading to health risks, including addiction, drugged driving and infectious disease.
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- Marijuana is definitely less harmful to the body. It just makes you fat, lazy and temporarily stupid. Alcohol, on the other hand does a lot more long-term and short-term damage. It's a lot stronger in it's effects to the mind and body. When people drink it's much more obvious than if they were high.
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Harmful Interactions You’ve probably seen this warning on medicines you’ve taken. The danger is real. Mixing alcohol with certain medications can cause nausea and vomiting, headaches, drowsiness, fainting, or loss of coordination. It also can put you at risk for internal bleeding, heart problems, and difficulties in breathing.ou’ve probably seen this warning on medicines you’ve taken. The danger is real. Mixing alcohol with certain medications can cause nausea and vomiting, headaches, drowsiness, fainting, or loss of coordination. It also can put you at risk for internal bleeding, heart problems, and difficulties in breathing.
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Long-Term Effects of Alcohol Drinking alcohol, especially in large quantities for long periods of time, can have many negative effects on your body and mind. Alcohol – which includes beer, wine, and liquor – is a central nervous system depressant. It affects all organs in the body, especially the liver and the brain.
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- Please be aware that each of these drug facts include the symptoms and dangers of abuse. FACT: All of these drugs can lead to addiction. FACT: All of these drugs can lead to a premature and unnecessary death. Risks: Can damage the part of the brain that controls coordination, memory, judgment and decision-making. Alcohol-related deaths: car accidents, homicides, suicides and other accidents.
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Alcohol's Effects on the Body Alcohol's Effects on the Body. Drinking too much – on a single occasion or over time – can take a serious toll on your health. Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways, and can affect the way the brain looks and works.
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Alcoholism How alcohol affects the body. Alcohol is a depressant that acts as a numbing agent on the central nervous system. Some adults can drink alcohol-containing beverages in moderate amounts without experiencing significant side effects. The ability to tolerate alcohol differs from person to person.
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Drug & Alcohol Recovery and Education Centre EFFECTS OF DRUGS. The experience that a person has when using alcohol or other drugs will be affected by the: Individual: Mood, physical size, gender, personality, expectations of the drug, whether the person has food in his/her stomach and whether other drugs have been taken.